Dr. Samantha Danchuk is the Assistant Director of the Environmental Planning & Community Resilience Division of Broward County where she leads the implementation of the County’s Climate Action Plan and the Energy and Sustainability program activities. With expertise in coastal engineering, she led the workgroup to develop the Unified Sea Level Rise Projection for the 4-County Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact. Dr. Danchuk earned a doctorate from Louisiana State University, a Masters from UC Berkeley and a B.S. from Florida State University in the fields of environmental engineering and coastal modeling.